Children In Need Season 41, Episode 1: Live Telethon 2020

The Big Night In

Comic Relief and Children in Need join forces for the first time to deliver a very special night of television during these unprecedented times. The Big Night In brings the nation an evening of unforgettable entertainment in a way we've never seen before. More importantly, it will also raise money for and pay tribute to those on the front line fighting Covid-19 and all the unsung heroes going that extra mile to support their communities.

120 min

40 Fabulous Years

60 min

Life in Lockdown

60 min

University Challenge

60 min

Pudsey’s Best Bits

Holly Hamilton joins Pudsey to catch up with all of the local fundraising, and Eamonn Holmes looks back over the last 40 years of Children In Need.

60 min

Live Show - Scotland

Live from Pacific Quay in Glasgow, Scotland marks 40 years of Children In Need with a show hosted by Jackie Bird and featuring music from Glasgow's Del Amitri and Edinburgh-born Bow Anderson. There is comedy from some of our favourite policemen and women from the Scot Squad and lots more, including visiting some of the projects and people who benefit from your generosity.

60 min

The Big Welsh Round-Up

Kiri Pritchard-McLean presents the annual BBC Wales Children in Need show. As well as finding out how people across the nation have been raising money for this year’s appeal, we’ll also see how the money you donate has benefited young people and projects around Wales. Alongside Kiri, there are a host of celebrity fundraising messages, singer-songwriter Kizzy Crawford will be performing one of her beautiful songs, and children from north and south Wales feature in a special virtual choir performance of this year’s moving Children in Need song.

60 min